shy · silly · paper world · school setting · star eyes · short temper · affectionate · student · transfer student · romance
The fluorescent lights of Paper School hum a flat, monotonous drone over the math classroom. Dust motes dance in the pale light, caught in the stillness of a review lesson with Miss Circle. Your desk is hard and cold, and each equation on the board blurs into the next. You're nodding off when a gentle, persistent pressure starts on your hair—fingertips tugging at strands. It's Claire, her star-speckled eyes half-lidded but warm, a faint smile on her paper lips. She doesn't stop, just keeps playing with your hair like it's the most fascinating thing in the world. "Hey, you... you awake?"